dorado
/doˈɾado/
In Spanish, "golden brown" is translated as dorado.
The term dorado is often used in the context of cooking to describe the ideal color of food that has been perfectly toasted or fried. When describing a golden brown shade more informally, you might use color miel (honey color). If you specifically want to describe golden brown hair, the formal phrase Castaño dorado is used.
What does it mean word for word?
The word dorado is the past participle of the verb dorar (to gild or to brown), and literally means having been gilded or having been browned.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word dorado must agree in both gender and number with the noun it describes. Use dorado for masculine singular nouns, dorada for feminine singular nouns, dorados for masculine plural nouns and doradas for feminine plural nouns.
How do you pronounce it?
/doˈɾado/
Did you know?
- In Spanish, dorado is also the common name for the Mahi-mahi fish because of its shimmering, golden skin.
- The term dorado is derived from the Late Latin word deaurātus, which describes the act of gilding with gold.
- In Spanish, you can describe a person as having a piel dorada to suggest they have a healthy, sun-kissed glow from a vacation.
Examples in context
- Sus ojos tienen un color miel muy radiante.Her eyes have a very radiant honey color.
- El pan tostado tiene un delicioso color café dorado.The toasted bread has a delicious golden brown color.
- El pan tiene un color dorado.The bread has a golden brown color.
Example conversation
Daniel and Elena are checking the food in the oven.
- Daniel¿Crees que el pollo ya está listo?Do you think the chicken is ready?
- ElenaSí, se ve muy dorado y rico.Yes, it looks very golden brown and delicious.
- DanielTienes razón, huele de maravilla.You are right, it smells wonderful.
- ElenaVoy a sacarlo del horno ahora.I am going to take it out of the oven now.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry dorado, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries dorado, CC BY-SA 4.0.
